The meeting begins at 5 p.m. and students will be allowed to speak.
Last week, board members heard from the community for about nine hours during a special informational meeting about closing up to 19 schools. Parents and teachers talked about wanting to save their beloved classrooms from the chopping block. But district officials say the school closures are for financial reasons: OUSD could see a deficit of up to $40 million over the next two years.In an interview last week, board president Gary Yee said the superintendent's presentation was compelling.
"That was also a powerful argument for the challenges the district faces fiscally," Yee said. "Not so much this year because we have quite a bit of one-time money from the state and feds, but in the long term fiscal health of the district, it's always been a chronic problem." Those against the proposal say they feel blindsided by the district's choices on which schools to close.
No matter what they decide, I have complete faith in the decision making ability of the Oakland city council members......hahahahaha..I just spit out my coffee.
It's crazy to even have to vote this crap when money is just thrown at ridiculous causes, why not throw it in the school and create less losers rather than keep these inequalities flourishing. Oh right....
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